{"id":134909,"date":"2023-09-02T18:21:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=134909"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:21:54","slug":"prompt-10-i-remember-in-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/prompt-10-i-remember-in-highways\/","title":{"rendered":"prompt 10: I remember in highways"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember in highways<\/em><\/p>\n

what is love<\/p>\n

but remembrance<\/p>\n

and\u00a0I remember in highways\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

in moments on lines,<\/p>\n

like beads moving on thread,<\/p>\n

strung to make pictures from pixels of glass.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I remember in fragments of myself,<\/p>\n

in pointillist pops of colour against light \u2013<\/p>\n

stained glass memories of sun on shuddering leaves<\/p>\n

in hot, August winds<\/p>\n

who had forgotten how to weep<\/p>\n

until September arrived.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

these longings<\/p>\n

these recollections of highways,<\/p>\n

like sutures,<\/p>\n

binding pieces of me<\/p>\n

to all those open flaps of wonderings,<\/p>\n

wanderings,<\/p>\n

of wanting \u2013<\/p>\n

anchor me to the spaces between re-membering<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

longing to completely forget.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

when I land \u201cthere\u201d \u2013<\/p>\n

in these moments of recognising myself<\/p>\n

against the backdrop of forgetting why I wanted to know me \u2013<\/p>\n

I pretend to ignore the pain in my ankles,<\/p>\n

from the impact of the landing,<\/p>\n

I feel only gratitude for the journey\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

ok,<\/p>\n

maybe a little loneliness, too,<\/p>\n

for the pieces of me I had to leave when I arrived.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

that\u2019s always the bargain<\/p>\n

when we remember in highways:<\/p>\n

the place never leaves without you.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

r.l. elke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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